Improvement in iron posts for wire fence



PATENTE-D MARs 1868 o @uiten tetrsetwt @ff-ire.

Leim Patent No. 75,145, dated March s, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRON 'POSTS POR. WIRE FENGE titlge- .Stimuli referrer tuin time @sitas ntent `mit melting part nt the sume.

TIO ALL WHM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be itv known that I, HENRY K. FLINCHBAUGII,'of Conestoga Centre, in theconntyof Lancast-or,'end State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new andimproved Iron Post for a Wire Fence and I do hereby declare thirt-Y thefollowing is a full und exact description thereof. reference being hadto the accompanyingdrawings, making a. part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the post perforated for thewire.

Figure 2 illustrates the spreading base enlarged. v

The nature of this invention isso very simple in its form a-n'dconstruction es to require but/little description to enable anyone'skilled in the art to make and use the same, being especiallydesigned for a. wire fence, and consists in the use of an iron bar,l A,say, one and a fourth-inch wide, und one fourth inch thick, forgedout'below to form a leg, B, with a foot, b. To this is welded or rveteflanother leg, B', withitsl foot b so as to spread jointly at a. like'angle from their junctionito' the vertical .bar A as to embrace, say,about sixty-live degrees. This spreading base will support thepostslaterally, while tlrewires will support them in the line of fencing.Thesevposts or barsnrc drilled. at intervals for the wires to be passedthrough. A slot, a, might be cut in, which would facilitate theinsertlon of the wires, but weaken the bar, und be less durable.

Simple as thispost is, I am not aware that such was ever used. I :unaware that wooden posts of various construction are used, but they holdthe moisture too long, and speedily causo the wire to rust o' .where itcomes in contact. This tendency to rust is greatly lessened, if notwholly prevented, in the use of iron posts, and thedurabilityiandneutness of the entire fence will compensate for the extra. cost in thematerial, which will retain its comparative -value as old iron afteryea-rs of service.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent,isi-.-

The construction and application of' the ironpost A, withvits spreadingbase B B and feet b b, when applied in the manner-'and for the purposespecified. p

- H. K. FLINCHBAUGH.

Witnesses:

WM. B. WxLnY, JAcoB STAUFFER.

